Yet I Still Dare to Hope

The prophet, Jeremiah, faced and endured every sort of devastating trouble imaginable as he preached God’s word to the Israelites, who despised him — rejected him — mocked and tortured him — and even tried to kill him. He had no escape and groaned, as he bitterly realized that God was simply allowing all these sufferings to continually torment him. In spite of all his unjust sufferings, Jeremiah knew that God is still God — no matter what we must endure. After describing some of his suffering, Jeremiah wrote in Lamentations 3:21-23,

Yet I still dare to hope When I remember this:

The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease.

Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.

Whatever is happening in our lives, we too, need to “remember” that we can “dare to hope” — just because “The faithful love of the LORD never ends”. In anything we need to endure, “His mercies never cease”. God is always quietly and surely strengthening and supporting us in all the troubles He allows in our lives. We may deeply groan in our pains, but God’s mercies will faithfully “begin afresh each morning”.

As we continually look to our LORD and Savior, we say, “Hallelujah! Lord, thank You for sustaining us through this life.”